Blind Man

Famous quotes containing the words blind man, blind and/or man:

“A blind man. I can stare at him
ashamed, shameless. Or does he know it?
No, he is in a great solitude.
O, strange joy,
to gaze my fill at a stranger’s face.
No, my thirst is greater than before.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

“He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)